Government teams with charity Scope on Disabled Persons Passenger Charter
The government has joined with disability charity Scope to develop a new Disabled Persons Passenger Charter for bus, coach, taxi, private hire vehicle and rail. Providing a clear explanation of their rights, the charter will improve journeys for disabled people by helping ensure they can travel easily and more confidently. It will bring together a […]
Belfast City Council to consider whether young people can travel free on public transport
Belfast Council has raised a motion that could see young people travelling free on public transport in the future. It follows concerns over high levels of air pollution in the city and suggestions congestion charges be imposed in a bid to move people away from cars, reports the Belfast Telegraph. According to research published in […]
24-hour bus lanes trial in London set to become permanent as bus journey times improve
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that it intends to make its trial of 24-hour bus lanes permanent, after a trial found that extending bus lane hours on London’s busiest roads cut journey times and helped reliability. Improvements in bus journey times were particularly noticeable in central and inner London, especially in both the mornings […]
Go-Ahead hires over 1,000 apprentices in England in 2021 – including 600 to drive London’s buses
The Go-Ahead Group, the largest employer of apprentices in the UK transport industry, has hired 1,030 apprentices across its bus and rail operations during 2021. The figure includes bus drivers and engineering apprentices in Newcastle, Hull and London and customer service apprenticeships at Govia Thameslink Railway. Notably, the company has hired more than 600 bus […]
Latest DfT transport statistics reflect pandemic lockdowns
Over 580 passenger kilometres were travelled in Great Britain in 2020, a fall of 33% from 2019 after long-term growth since 1960. This meant people made 739 trips on average across private and public transport in 2020 in England, down 22% from 2019 also. The figures form part of the latest transport statistics from the […]
Birmingham to receive £72 million in government funding for vital transport link
Birmingham is set to benefit from £72 million in government funding for essential maintenance work on a vital road link between the city centre and the M6, providing a huge boost to the local economy and ensuring the region continues to build back better from the pandemic. Following years of use and carrying 80,000 vehicles […]
New government Covid 19 advice has immediate impact on traffic levels
New government work from home advice has had an immediate impact on road traffic and public transport Figures published by location technology firm TomTom revealed the level of road congestion at 8am in major cities across England fell sharply compared with the previous two Mondays. London’s congestion levels dropped from 72% on 29 November and […]
Councillors in Lincolnshire call for greater investment in public transport
Councillors in Lincolnshire have called for greater investment in public transport, roads and ‘green’ travelling. This comes as part of the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership’s response to National Highways’ ‘Vision for Route Strategies’ consultation and Lincolnshire County Council’s Local Transport Plan consultation. The Partnership, which consists of South Holland District Council, Boston Borough […]
Analysis by the Confederation of Passenger Transport reveals billions of pounds of shortfall in National Bus Strategy plans
New analysis has shown over a £5bn funding gap between plans by local authorities and bus operators to improve services and available government funding. To deliver the National Bus Strategy local authorities and bus operators were tasked with drawing up Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) to set out how, with government funding, they would work together to […]
Electric cars aren’t enough to hit climate targets: we need to develop better public transport too
By Vera O’Riordan, PhD Researcher in Marine and Renewable Energy, University College Cork Transport is responsible for 24% of energy-related carbon emissions worldwide. Half of those emissions are from carrying goods and services, and the other half are from carrying people from A to B – also known as “passenger transport”. Passenger transport has a huge impact […]